performic acid

noun

The simplest organic peracid H-CO-OOH that is used to cleave the disulfide links in peptides

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Meanings

nounperformic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryThe simplest organic peracid H-CO-OOH that is used to cleave the disulfide links in peptides

Origin

From per- + formic acid?

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performic acid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/performic%20acid

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